I believe art, like nature, music, literature, poetry and dance, is essential sustenance for balance and harmony in all our lives; a kind of perfect collaboration. The art works I make (sculptures or paintings) involve abstract/organic shapes--utilizing heavily textured/colored canvases, polished and painted metals, bronze, exotic woods and stone. I have a passion for color and strive to energize space with form, light, movement and playful energy - the human spirit.

--Ellie Riley